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Job description
The Swift Group is hiring a Network / Cyber Security Engineer — a full-time, based in Tidewater, VA role. Apply directly on The Swift Group's careers page below.
Network / Cyber Security Engineer
Location: Tidewater, VA
Department: Enterprise IT
Location Type: IN_OFFICE
Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.
We are looking for a Network / Cyber Security Engineer to join a dynamic program providing unique technology expertise to multiple mission areas across software development, data engineering, technical integration, network engineering, and quick reaction development. The technical work is hands-on, lab discovery focused, and multi-disciplinary. The work location is the Tidewater region of Virginia.
Responsibilities:
- Design, install, test, and maintain secure operating systems, networks, and database environments
- Support a wide range of network facilities including physical media, protocol stacks, routers, bridges, gateways, servers, telecommunications components, and network management systems
- Conduct risk assessments and provide recommendations for secure application and system design
- Troubleshoot cybersecurity issues involving architecture, firewalls, data traffic, and access controls
- Analyze systems for malware, misuse, and unauthorized activity, and provide network-based intrusion detection support
- Apply encryption technologies, perform penetration testing, and conduct vulnerability and security research
- Translate customer or product requirements into comprehensive systems solutions aligned with technical, schedule, and cost constraints
- Establish and maintain system baselines and configuration management standards
- Integrate new architectural features into existing infrastructures; develop cybersecurity architectural artifacts; embed forensic tools and techniques for attack reconstruction; and resolve integration and testing challenges
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (advanced degree preferred); equivalent experience considered
- 10+ years of combined network engineering and cybersecurity experience
- Strong understanding of DNS, firewall rules, routing protocols, and streaming protocols
- Experience integrating nonstandard technologies with IP-based networks
- Experience installing, configuring, maintaining, and removing network equipment across a wide range of manufacturers (beyond traditional vendors such as Cisco and Juniper)
- Experience managing wireless access points and point to point wireless systems
- Hands-on knowledge of installing and terminating copper and fiber media, including pulling cable through conduit
- Proficiency using network analysis tools, along with experience using power tools and hand tools
- Knowledge of cybersecurity-related ICDs, including ICD 503
- Strong ability to present technical approaches and findings clearly
- Ability to coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups
- US citizenship and active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
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The required skills for Network / Cyber Security Engineer at The Swift Group include: Cybersecurity.
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Network / Cyber Security Engineer at The Swift Group is a Senior level position.
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